2010 Christmas Card: Run-DMC
Run-DMC: King of Rock In 2010 we returned to album covers and decided to stick with that going forward.
GOP: Super-Rich > 9/11 Responders
Apparently, the super-rich are highest on the Republican’s priority list, even higher than the 9/11 first responders they claim to love so much. “Since when does the Republican party make 9/11 first responders stand over in the corner with the gays and Mexicans?” Can it be more obvious that Republican’s core principle = money? (And …
Human Parking Cone
SNL is hit or miss (OK, lots of misses) but the “human parking cone” was one of the funniest things I’ve heard in a while.
Ugly URLs, Hand Models, and the Costanzas
Roger Ebert has a pretty active Twitter account with often interesting links. However, I noticed that links to his personal Sun Times blog sometimes have ugly or bizarre URLs. This one was especially bad, with the page being not-quite-HTML-code for four nonbreaking spaces (emphasis mine, obviously): blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/strange-3/nbsp-nbsp-nbsp-nbsp-my.html I wasn’t sure what point I was going …
Sen. Bernie Sanders: The rich are waging war on America
Finally, a politician that doesn’t sound like a clueless idiot in the pockets of corporations. Not surprisingly, he’s an Independent. For all our sakes, I really hope his colleagues listen to him. Many of my Republican colleagues tell me, “Oh, I’m so concerned about our record-breaking deficit… But wait a minute, it’s very important that …
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iPad + Airplay
The best new feature in the new iOS 4.2 update has to be Airplay. I don’t have Apple TV (so I can’t stream video) but we do have an Airport Express hooked up to our receiver. It was (and is) great for playing iTunes through the house, but with Airplay we can now play almost …
Expanding MLB’s Playoffs
No opposition to expanded playoff plan (ESPN) So baseball wants to add two more wild-card teams to the playoffs? Commissioner Bud Selig’s plan to expand baseball’s playoffs to 10 teams gained a sense of inevitability after little to no opposition emerged during meetings this week with owners and general managers… “Eight is a very fair …
Danny MacAskill Makes Trials Riders Look Rad
Years and years (and years) ago my brother & friend used to make fun of trials riders and their stupid little hopping around “tricks.” Today, trials rider Danny MacAskill is easily one of the best riders I’ve ever seen. There’s a new video of him, and not only does it feature some of the most …
Shortsighted Politicians
Dear politicians: please stop being idiots and get something done. (Yeah, I know it’s wishful thinking…) I Believe I Can Fly (NY Times) “98 climate scientists out of 100 will tell you that man’s continued carbon emissions pose the risk of disruptive climate change this century. Two out of 100 will tell you it doesn’t. …
Comparing Democratic and Republican tax plans
The Washington Post compared Democratic and Republican tax plans. I don’t think any of my friends are in that bottom group, but if they were then I guess I could see why they’d support the Republican plan.